Jorge Haro

technology services

West la college (fall 2002-spring 2007)

My first exposure to computing was learning Microsoft Windows XP, then getting to know the various apps of Microsoft Office XP and 2003.

California State university, dominguez hills (fall 2007-fall 2012)

I was introduced to new and different software here, including Windows Vista and 7, Microsoft Visual Basic, Visio and Project, and even Oracle Database.

quality over frugality

My experiences over the past 20+ years have taught me to spend a little more money than the absolute cheapest goods to have a reliable, worry-free life.

AMD Athlon II X3 425

4GB RAM

250GB hard drive

Windows 7 Professional

Intel Core i5-6400

8GB RAM (upgraded to 16GB)

250GB SSD + 1TB hard drive

Windows 10 Professional

2021

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

16GB RAM

1TB M.2 SSD

Windows 10 Professional

Check the power cable (is the device turned on?)

Unplug the computer from its power source, then wait 30-300 seconds and plug the cable in

Update your Windows OS, then your drivers, then your regular software

Clean out the dust from the inside of your desktop computer

Use a utility program like CCleaner once a month (update, then run cleaner)

Check the video cable

Reboot your computer when prompted

Replace an os installation on a hard drive with a 500GB+ solid state drive

Replace cheaper components before more integral/expensive ones

Update Antivirus and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware once a week, then run scans on both

Mozilla Firefox

I have used Firefox almost continuously since v1.0.7 in 2004.

Pentel

I have used Pentel's pens and 0.7mm mechanical pencils since at least 2005.

BitWarden

I have used BitWarden on my current desktop and my 3rd Generation iPhone SE.